Fauna found in south/north

[Tio Cenora]

Its missing just 1 animal for me on a planet, rare, aquatic, "found in north". I go north for a while but I can't find it. Its the second time that this happens. Any tips?

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Hovering over the planet, find North on the compass, gently raise your ship angle of attack and keep going up until you can boost. I usually boost for about 5 to 10 seconds. You want to get far enough away from the planet so you can see the major structures like large water bodies.

Gently bring your ship attitude back down straight and you should be oriented toward the North area of the planet. Look for a large body of water and boost toward the middle of that.

Once down, find an island and go underwater to begin your search. (May be my imagination) but the large predator fish will not show up until I have gone down to at least 50u underwater. Than I just scan and explore and keep an eye out for them to show up.

Typically, the last aquatic critter in N/S is going to be a predator, but not always.

[Tio Cenora]

Thanks, will try that =)

[smurfy]

Originally posted by Tio Cenora:

Its missing just 1 animal for me on a planet, rare, aquatic, "found in north". I go north for a while but I can't find it. Its the second time that this happens. Any tips?

The description refers to the hemisphere of the planet,

When in cockpit view of a starship within the atmosphere of a planet, your x-y coordinates are shown on one of the displays.
On foot, you can see your position coordinates on the top right of the HUD when using your analysis visor [F].

If the 1st number is negative, you are in the southern hemisphere. If the 1st number is positive then you are in the northern hemisphere. You only need to be 0.01 over or under the equator to see hemisphere-specific fauna

[Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ]

make your frigate do a land search of system, gets it done quick./ it would even tell you if the creatures is underground i think too, sure i read that.,.

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

make your frigate <Freighter> do a land search of system <using your Scanner Room>, gets it done quick./ it would even tell you if the creatures is underground i think too, sure i read that.,.

Yes it does, just like landing on the planet. It would only help those Traveller's that are afraid of "underground/underwater" fauna. So, you know, you can give up before even trying

[Tio Cenora]

Originally posted by smurfy:

Originally posted by Tio Cenora:

Its missing just 1 animal for me on a planet, rare, aquatic, "found in north". I go north for a while but I can't find it. Its the second time that this happens. Any tips?

The description refers to the hemisphere of the planet,

When in cockpit view of a starship within the atmosphere of a planet, your x-y coordinates are shown on one of the displays.
On foot, you can see your position coordinates on the top right of the HUD when using your analysis visor [F].

If the 1st number is negative, you are in the southern hemisphere. If the 1st number is positive then you are in the northern hemisphere. You only need to be 0.01 over or under the equator to see hemisphere-specific fauna

Nice, thanks so much

[Tio Cenora]

Originally posted by Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

make your frigate do a land search of system, gets it done quick./ it would even tell you if the creatures is underground i think too, sure i read that.,.

I am a beginner, started playing now but used to play on PS4 some years ago, so I don't have a freighter yet, but sure will remind that when owning one =)

[Heliosa]

Often, in my experience, the last underwater fauna (unusual, rare) does not appear immediately when you are in the water. I usually find it from 12/15 u but sometimes it happens that it is found in medium water bodies and at a shallow depth. While waiting for it to appear, I collect live pearls, crystal sulphide....

[Foxglovez]

Yes, the last one is usually coy and takes some time to appear. Good time to hang out gathering other things. Same with last animal. It's a good time to take out a map and use it. Many times the map coordinates will cut into a hillside and the last underground critter will be romping around in front. It can take quite a while for them to appear so actually going in caves helps pop them or looking under your feet. Easy to miss those little red dots.

As for heading to North and South I have found that you have to go pretty far in either direction to get the fish to pop, be in deep water which is usually a large body with no islands nearby, easier now that we can land on water.

[Tio Cenora]

I tried again with the tips that were posted here, but the planet itself does not help. The bodies of water are deep on the terrain, but are very shallow.

[Geldric™]

For a "nominal" fee you could hire "Cave Busters"
https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/4845400125742303479/

[Andreas]

Originally posted by smurfy:

Originally posted by Tio Cenora:

Its missing just 1 animal for me on a planet, rare, aquatic, "found in north". I go north for a while but I can't find it. Its the second time that this happens. Any tips?

The description refers to the hemisphere of the planet,

When in cockpit view of a starship within the atmosphere of a planet, your x-y coordinates are shown on one of the displays.
On foot, you can see your position coordinates on the top right of the HUD when using your analysis visor [F].

If the 1st number is negative, you are in the southern hemisphere. If the 1st number is positive then you are in the northern hemisphere. You only need to be 0.01 over or under the equator to see hemisphere-specific fauna

Additionally, you can see your position on the planet display of the Discoveries tab.

I usually just look at that and estimate how far I have to fly around the planet.

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by Andreas:

Additionally, you can see your position on the planet display of the Discoveries tab.

I usually just look at that and estimate how far I have to fly around the planet.

I also use this method especially when looking for large bodies of water... you know, in the North or South ;)

[Flash Hendricks]

Mr Bufferlow perfectly described the method I've figured out and, like other posters, I have also found that the last underwater creature is usually a big predatory shark-like creature, found in deep water. They are often alone, far from other life forms

Being a biology/evolution nerd, I would like to see the fauna spawning rules tweaked to make a bit more ecological sense (e.g. predators spawn near prey, which spawn near their food sources), and to see different ecosystems a bit more defined (different grazers for different plants, with different predators, etc.). Could help with the tiresome "last underground critter" problem that crops up fairly often (e.g. if the whole thing worked a bit more as I've suggested, we'd be able to look for caves with different types of plants to those we've already explored, etc.).

Personally, I hope Worlds Part 2 (or 3) brings more varied biomes and ecosystems to planets, but have no idea whether that's at all likely.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Foxglovez:

As for heading to North and South I have found that you have to go pretty far in either direction to get the fish to pop, be in deep water which is usually a large body with no islands nearby, easier now that we can land on water.

I've found that you just need to be in the right hemisphere, even if just barely...
I've literally swam across the equator and then discovered north-only fish.

Originally posted by Tio Cenora:

I tried again with the tips that were posted here, but the planet itself does not help. The bodies of water are deep on the terrain, but are very shallow.

Yeah, if you're looking for a rare fish, you need deep water (>40u deep). Thankfully, you can use the terrain editor to make the water deeper if you're struggling to find deep enough water... How far you can dig will vary from planet to planet though, so you may still have to find somewhere that's not too shallow...